The UK legal jobs market is growing, according to figures obtained by recruiters Robert Walters. For the year to date, the total number of advertised legal vacancies increased by 23% from 2013-2014. London enjoyed the largest increase (27%) while the Midlands had an 18% jobs boost and hiring in the north west remained flat. Colin Loth, director of legal recruitment at Robert Walters, says: “Hiring across transactional disciplines, including property, corporate and banking and finance, has been particularly robust.”
05 November 2014
UK firms hiring not firing
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Fieldfisher—Will Sharp
Fieldfisher boosts structured finance practice with appointment of Will Sharp
gunnercooke—Thomas Bjorn & Peter Rudd-Clarke
gunnercooke grows its life sciences team with new partner hires
Leonard Curtis Legal—Mark Maguire & Kane Jones
Leonard Curtis Legal expands corporate team with twonew appointments
NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
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The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
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